World malaria report 2023
<p>India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
Vector Control
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Ranking of elimination feasibility between malaria-endemic countries
Experience gained from the Global Malaria Eradication Program (1955
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Operational strategies to achieve and maintain malaria elimination
Present elimination strategies are based on recommendations derived during the Global Malaria Eradication Program of the 1960s.
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The buzz around malaria
The reputed medical journal, The Lancet, recently published an article on malaria-related deaths in India, which were estimated to be two lakh per year, and 13 times higher than the estimate of the World Health Organisation. WHO representatives contested these numbers and the methodology behind them, but conceded that their own numbers were too low.
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BMC sends anti-malarial oil for testing
The civic body is taking all chances to check spread of malaria. On Wednesday, it sent samples of mosquito larvicidal (ML) oil it had stopped using since almost two years for testing to Haffkine Institute in Parel. If the report suggests that the oil is effective in destroying mosquito larvae, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will shell out Rs1.62 crore to procure it.<br />
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3 yrs on, back to oil that prevents larva breeding
<br /><p>Mumbai Three years after stopping its use,the BMC has turned to malarial larvicidal oil again, one of many desperate attempts to arrest mosquito breeding. It will buy the oil at Rs 1.5 crore and use it in places where water collects and stagnates.</p>
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Insecticide control of vector-borne diseases: When is insecticide resistance a problem?
Many of the most dangerous human diseases are transmitted by insect vectors. After decades of repeated insecticide use, all of these vector species have demonstrated the capacity to evolve resistance to insecticides.
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A world without mosquitoes
Eradicating any organism would have serious consequences for ecosystems — wouldn't it? Not when it comes to mosquitoes, finds Janet Fang.
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US scientists develop malaria-proof mosquito
New Delhi: Finally, it
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Potential benefits, limitations and target product-profiles of odor-baited mosquito traps for malaria control in Africa
Traps baited with synthetic human odors have been proposed as suitable technologies for controlling malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. We investigated the potential benefits of such traps for preventing malaria transmission in Africa and the essential characteristics that they should possess so as to be effective.
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BMC will use fire brigade machine to kill mosquitoes
Mumbai: A snorkel of Mumbai fire brigade, which is used to save people trapped in high-rise fires, will now save Mumbaikars from malaria. The BMC will use snorkels to enter the compound of defunct mills to control the mosquito breeding by fogging.